Enjoyable and cool, but not very artsy or plot centered (even though that's not the point).

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2013)

Once again, I was proved wrong in judging a movie by its trailer. At first, it looked to me to be a sub-par sci-fi idea. I thought it to be, frankly, stupid. And my enthusiasm to see it in the theater did not change much when I was surprised with a stub granting access to a 3D viewing. But, once the action began, I began to see my mistake. Pacific Rim is a wildly exciting film. Although, it is more visually than plot centered. But the visuals are so immersive and seemingly possible, one forgets until the end how much of an engineering impossibility all the Jaegers really are. But, as pointed out in the trailer, it is very cool. The visuals more than make up for the flaws, of which some are quite glaring. For one, why didn't the Gypsy Danger pilots always use that invincible sword? Which also makes one wonder why all the Jaegers don't have the sword. Which in turn brings to mind why the Jaeger program was necessary in the first place. All the allied countries could have built hundreds of plasma cannons and shot the Kaijus. None of the human training would have been necessary. Also, that nuclear reaction nearing the end of the movie should have killed Becket and Mori. Making a good ending seems to be really tough these days and Pacific Rim sadly did not manage to make a satisfactory one. Lastly, as was seen first in the promo posters, the Jaegers heavily resemble Spartans from Halo. A bit of a rip off, really. But no matter, this is a very cool movie and well worth the time in my mind. Watched 07/17/2013, written 08/04/2013.
This is my first of hopefully many reviews on IMDb. I have, however written many more on Flixster, but have moved on to IMDb.